East of England
Essex
Castle Point District

Hadleigh Castle

Hadleigh Castle is a ruined fortification in the county of , overlooking the from south of the town of . Built after 1215 during the reign of Henry III by Hubert de Burgh, the castle was surrounded by parkland and had an important economic and defensive role.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed castle in Castle Point, Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Hadleigh Castle: an enclosure castle and an associated dam and mill”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hadleigh Farm and Church of St James the Less.

Farm
Photo: Oneblackline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an educational working farm and cross-country cycling venue located in , within the borough of Castle Point, in the county of .

Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
The , is a grade I listed church in . The church is of predominantly Norman construction with the chancel and nave dating to the 12th century. is situated 3,100 feet north of Hadleigh Castle.

Library
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 3,400 feet north of Hadleigh Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hadleigh and Leigh-on-Sea.

Town
Photo: Edward Clack, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the borough of Castle Point, in the south-east of , England. It lies on the A13 road between , and . The A127 'Southend Arterial Road' bypasses the town to the north.

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a beautiful old fishing port on the London side of on the south coast of . Visitor venues in Leigh can be divided into three zones.

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is a town, civil parish and island in the . It forms part of the Castle Point district of , England. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks, but is connected to the mainland by bridges.

Hadleigh Castle

Latitude
51.54458° or 51° 32′ 41″ north
Longitude
0.60913° or 0° 36′ 33″ east
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
Open location code
9F32GJV5+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171388060
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6286812
Wiki­data ID
Q2898656
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hadleigh Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hadleigh Castle”
  • Chinese: “哈德萊城堡”
  • Danish: “Hadleigh Castle”
  • Finnish: “Hadleigh’n linna”
  • Finnish: “Hadleighin linna”
  • French: “château d’Hadleigh”
  • French: “Château d’Hadleigh”
  • German: “Hadleigh Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת האדלי”
  • Russian: “Замок Хадли”
  • Swedish: “Hadleigh Castle”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hadleigh Marsh and The Breathtaker.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hadleigh Castle”. Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.